In the first quarter of 2019, companies of UCL Port, stevedoring division of UCL Holding, handled 9.9 million tonnes of cargo, up 6%, year-on-year. The growth was driven by increased transshipment of oil cargo, UCL Holding says in a press release.
In the reporting period, transshipment of dry cargo grew by 1.4% to 7.7 million tonnes. Transshipment of oil cargo increased by 26% to 2.2 million tonnes with the handling of additional volumes in Tuapse and Taganrog.
The share of export cargo declined by 1 p. p. to 85% of the total throughput. Imports, on the contrary, climbed by 1 p. p. to 14%. Coastal trade cargo accounts for just 1%.
Transshipment of general cargo fell by 9% to 2.4 million tonnes, particularly due to reduced volumes of ferrous and non-ferrous metal handled at Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg. Total decrease in this segment was partially compensated by the increased transshipment of ferrous metal by Taganrog Sea Commercial Port (+19%).
During the first three months of the year, transshipment of dry bulk cargo demonstrated a positive dynamics (+0.4%) having retained the level of the similar period in 2018 — 2.8 million tonnes.
In the reporting period, the growth of performance indicators was achieved in the segment of containerized cargo* — by 15% versus Quarter I of 2018, to 2.5 million tonnes. Container terminal Saint-Petersburg and Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg increased their results by 20%, year-on-year, having handled 202,300 TEUs and 7,500 TEUs accordingly.
* Taking into account container throughput of Container terminal Saint-Petersburg CJSC, Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg JSC and Taganrog Sea Commercial Port JSC
|
UCL Port company |
Throughput, million tonnes |
Change |
|
|
IQ’2018 |
IQ'2019 |
||
|
Sea Port of Saint-Petersburg JSC (SP SPb) |
1.89 |
1.69 |
-10% |
|
Container Terminal Saint-Petersburg CJSC (CTSP) TEUs |
2.25**
|
2.56** |
14% |
|
168,500 |
202,300 |
20% |
|
|
Multipurpose Reloading Complex LLC (MRC) |
1.0 |
1.17 |
14% |
|
Tuapse Sea Commercial Port JSC (TSCP and TGT) |
3.9 |
4.2 |
8% |
|
Taganrog Sea Commercial Port JSC (TagSCP) |
0.33 |
0.32 |
-3% |
|
Total: |
9.4 |
9.9 |
6% |
** Taking into account the flow of alumina being handled from 2017.
Universal Cargo Logistics Holding (UCL Holding) is the international transportation group established in 2007. The Group consolidates Freight One, an independent railway operator of a rail network throughout Russia, Russia’s North-West based stevedore companies Sea Port of St. Petersburg (SP St.Pb), Container Terminal St. Petersburg (CTSP) and Multipurpose Reloading Complex LLC (MRC), Tuapse and Taganrog sea ports located in the country’s southern region. Volga Shipping, North-Western Shipping companies, VF.Tanker and Okskaya Sudoverf Shipyard are also members of UCL Holding. The Holding’s business is split into three main activity divisions: UCL Rail, UCL Port and VBTH.
Stevedoring companies of UCL Port handle a wide range of cargoes including metal, coal, oil and oil products. The total area of storage facilities is about 900,000 square meters. Total length of berths is about 11,400 meters.